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Upcoming Events:
7:00pm, Friday October 8, 2010 Toronto. Add to iCal \| Google \| Yahoo	Book Tour: Floodlines The Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) chapters at the University of Toronto and York University are teaming up to host a Toronto stop for the Floodlines Community and Resistance Tour on Friday, October 8th, 2010. Floodlines is a new book by Jordan Flaherty, New Orleans based community organizer and journalist. In lieu of a standard book launch tour, several New Orleans organizers will be traveling throughout Canada and the US this fall. Please see below for a detailed description of the tour. More info TBA...
1:00pm, Saturday October 2, 2010 Christie Pits, Bloor and Christie Streets, Toronto. Add to iCal \| Google \| Yahoo	Street Party: NO Fare IS Fair Come to the park to celebrate the campaign to win free and accessible transit for the GTA Food, Music, Puppets, Entertainment nofareisfair@gmail.com A project of the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly (GTWA) \| PDF poster
7:00pm, Friday October 1, 2010 Asteria Restaurant, 679 Danforth Ave, Toronto. Add to iCal \| Google \| Yahoo	Public Meeting: Striking against the cuts - Lessons from the Mike Harris years In the 1990s, an economic crisis was met by corporate tax cuts, and then sharp attacks on social services, jobs and wages, as working people were told that we had to pay for the crisis. If it sounds familiar, it should – the same story is unfolding today. But in Ontario in the 1990s, there was a magnificent fight-back, the peak of which was the 2-week illegal 1997 teachers’ strike against the Mike Harris Tories. Come hear two veterans of those picket lines – PAM JOYNER and ALI AWALI – talk about their experiences, and discuss the lessons for today. For more info and to get readings e-mail papedanforth@gmail.com \| A study group organized by the Pape/Danforth International Socialists \| Facebook event
7:30pm, Wednesday September 22, 2010 MacLeod Auditorium (Room 2158), 1 King's College Circle, Toronto. Add to iCal \| Google \| Yahoo	Public Meeting: Gideon Levy tour of Canada CJPME hosts award-winning journalist Gideon Levy in a talk entitled The Punishment of Gaza CJPME is pleased to announce it is hosting a seven-city speaking tour with award-winning Israeli journalist Gideon Levy on Sept. 20-26. Levy, a journalist with Israeli newspaper Haaretz since 1982, has been covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in particular the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, for over 20 years. He is a frank critic of Israel's policies toward the Palestinians. CJPME website
7:00pm, Thursday September 16, 2010 Our Lady of Fatima, 3170 St. Clair Ave East, Scarborough. Add to iCal \| Google \| Yahoo	Public Meeting: 112 beds are being cut! And more vital services under threat! Public meeting to discuss the cuts to services at Providence Healthcare Come out to defend our hospital! Sponsored by The Scarborough Health Coalition and The Ontario Health Coalition \| PDF poster
7:00pm, Thursday September 16, 2010 TBA, Toronto. Add to iCal \| Google \| Yahoo	Film Festival: Ken Loach @ TPFF Award-winning director Ken Loach will be the key-note speaker at a TPFF Panel Discussion on Thursday Sept 16th. We'll be sending out full details on the event very soon. Mark your calendars and stay tuned! The TPFF Ten Card is a transferable card which entitles the holder to ten TPFF tickets at a discounted price. The cost of the TPFF Ten Card is now $75. You may order yours online at www.tpff.ca or purchase one at Beit Zatoun. Hurry, before we sell out!
September 10 - September 12, 2010 Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto. Add to iCal \| Google \| Yahoo	Conference: LATUC Inaugural Convention It is with a great pleasure Latin American Trade Union Coalition (LATUC) extends an invitation to all Spanish-speaking labour activists across Canada to attend our First Constitutional Convention of all Spanish-speaking trade union members. In September 2009, LATUC was created by the trade unionists of Latin American descent from across Canada. We are all trade unionists active in various different provincial, national and international unions in Canada. Registration: $100.00 per unionized worker $25.00 per non-unionized worker $10.00 students/seniors/unemployed \| LATUC website
7:00pm, Friday September 10, 2010 George Brown College, 230 Richmond Street East, Toronto. Add to iCal \| Google \| Yahoo	Opening Reception: Allende Arts Festival Festival Program 2010 available at www.allendefestival.com Closing Party - Lady Son y Articulo Viente Saturday September 25th, 9PM at Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas Street West
7:00pm, Wednesday September 8, 2010 Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West, Toronto. Admission: $10.00 Add to iCal \| Google \| Yahoo	Film Screening: Howard Zinn: You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train In co-operation with Continuing Education Students Association at Ryerson, the War Resisters Support Campaign is pleased to present : Naomi Klein introducing - Howard Zinn: You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train A documentary screening with film makers Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller, Iraq war resisters Jeremy Hinzman and Chuck Wiley, introduced by Naomi Klein For information or advance tickets, please contact us at resisters@sympatico.ca War Resisters Support Campaign www.letthemstay.ca
7:00pm, Tuesday September 7, 2010 Paupers Pub, Bloor and Lippencott, Toronto. Add to iCal \| Google \| Yahoo	Book Launch: Power in Coalition ... The Ontario Health Coalition is delighted to invite you to the book launch of Power in Coalition ... featuring a chapter on the OHC! Power in Coalition is by Amanda Tattersall, an Australian researcher, union and community organizer and the founder of the Sydney Alliance, a diverse coalition of unions, community organizations and religious organizations. Amanda spent three years in Canada, Australia and the United States researching some of the most successful coalitions from around the world. The book includes a chapter on the Ontario Health Coalition's campaigns to save Medicare and against P3s. Speakers include: Amanda Tattersall, Michael Hurley of CUPE/OCHU and Natalie Mehra director of the OHC. \| Facebook event
5:00pm, Tuesday September 7, 2010 Regis College, 100 Wellesley St. West, Toronto. Add to iCal \| Google \| Yahoo	Book Launch: Our Friendly Local Terrorist Between the Lines welcomes one and all to the launch of Our Friendly Local Terrorist by Mary Jo Leddy. About the book: "A chilling story that shakes your faith in our vaunted Canadian immigration system. Secret hearings, spying, betrayal, no accountability are features we associate with desperate dictatorships elsewhere, not our own government here in Canada. It is no wonder Canada's stature in the human rights world has sunk to its lowest level ever. This is a national disgrace." - Helga Stephenson, human rights activist Contact name: Between the Lines info@btlbooks.com (Also Sep. 8, 5:00-7:00 pm, Romero House, 1558 Bloor St. West, Toronto)
2:00pm, Sunday September 5, 2010 36 Sunnylea Drive, St. Catharines. Add to iCal \| Google \| Yahoo	Fundraiser: G8/20 LEGAL DEFENCE Potluck Guest speakers: * Judy Rebick – Rabble.ca * Bryan Palmer – Labour Historian Music by George Hewison An Injury to One is an Injury to All Further info: (905) 934-6233 or (905) 984-1763 email: ballen@cogeco.ca
4:30pm, Friday September 3, 2010 Hyatt Regency Hotel, 370 King St. West, Toronto. Add to iCal \| Google \| Yahoo	: Solidarity Rally The Hyatt will be in a strike position starting midnight on September 2nd.
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6:00pm, Monday August 30, 2010 Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview, Ottawa.	Meeting: Help build the Ottawa Assembly It is a project in the making. The purpose is to create something powerful, dynamic and effective--something that can bring about fundamental economic and social change. Our last meeting focused on what we think is needed to bring about fundamental change. Also, we started to talk about what an Ottawa Assembly could look like. The purpose of the next meeting is: (a) for all of us to get to know each other better, and (b) to start answering the question: what is the organizational and political void in Ottawa that we need to fill to make real change. \| PDF poster
9:00am, Monday August 30, 2010 Outside College Park Court, College and Yonge, Toronto.	Solidarity: Drop the Charges! Restore the Special Diet, Raise the Rates NOW! Nine of the eleven people arrested and charged last month over a brief occupation of the Liberal Party headquarters are set to appear in court on Monday. They are accused of mischief and forcible entry. OCAP and allies will gather in front of the courthouse to condemn these charges and demand they be dropped, along with trespass summonses that were issued to two others at the Liberal offices. This is a 'set date' appearance when it is normal to provide another court date and (sometimes) provide the accused with 'disclosure', i.e. the evidence the Crown intends to introduce at trial. We are demanding of the Liberal Attorney General (Chris Bentley), however, that this date be used to drop these inflated and politically motivated charges, just as we demand he drop all remaining G20 charges. JOIN the Raise the Rates Campaign - Contact: Ontario Coalition Against Poverty www.ocap.ca / 416-925-6939
6:30am, Monday August 30, 2010 461 Hanlan Road, Woodbridge.	Rally: Strike Support Come out to support a newly organized group of Steelworkers on strike for a first contract. The Rally is Monday, August 30th, from 6:30-8:30 am, at 461 Hanlan Road in Woodbridge. Eighty members working at AM-COR hit the bricks at the start of this week. For more information contact Stuart Deans at 416 977-7274.
August 26 - August 29, 2010 Toronto.	Summer Retreat: After the Crash 13th Annual Social Justice Summer Retreat: August 26th-29th, 2010 This year's theme: The collapse of financial institutions worldwide has thrown economies into prolonged recessions or minimal growth. Jobs have disappeared and lives suddenly and uncontrollably altered. Government revenues have fallen with the decline of economic activity and the loss of jobs. Declining revenues, recent tax cuts and modest spending to create jobs have all produced budgetary deficits. A further assault on public sector spending is the only policy alternative neoliberal governments will countenance. This will mean more public sector job cuts, wage restraint, the contracting out and cutting of more services, and growing inequality. The future looks as grim as the recent past for growing numbers of citizens whose livelihood has vanished and whose plans will depend on precarious employment and reduced government assistance. How can we organize to anticipate the coming cuts? How can we build coalitions to protest cuts and the loss of democratic controls? Centre for Social Justice
1:00pm, Saturday August 28, 2010 Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto.	Solidarity: Salsa in the City Square 15th Annual Toronto-Cuba Friendship Day Three Cuban bands: 1pm and 2:45pm: Yani Borrell y los Clave Kings, 3:45pm: Sonido Cubano, 6 and 7:15pm: Pablo Terry and Sol de Cuba Beer Garden, Cuban Food Free Salsa lessons, Display and Info tables - ALL WELCOME Organized by Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association Toronto
9:00pm, Friday August 27, 2010 Blue Moon Bar, 725 Queen St. E., Toronto. $10	Fundraiser: Freedom Assembly - Party for G20 and Special Diet Demo Arrestees DJ No Capitalista ...El Machetero DJ eLman DJ NoLoVes all funds will go to legal expenses for those arrested and to fight the criminalizing of protests Organized by the member organizations of the May 1st Movement www.may-1.org \| For more info or endorsements: may1st.toronto@gmail.com For more info on the legal defense for the G20 arrestees check out the Movement Defence Committee and the Toronto Community Mobilization Network
6:00pm, Friday August 27, 2010 Windmill Line Coop, 125 Scadding Avenue, Toronto.	Fundraiser: Pakistan Flood Relief BBQ Fundraiser in Toronto The severe flooding that hit Pakistan 2 weeks ago has affected more than 20 million people. The state's infrastructure, already dilapidated and rotten, has been even further destroyed by the catastrophe. Millions have been displaced in this disaster, called by the United Nations as one of the worst floods in history. The losses suffered are said to exceed those of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. At a crucial time like this, not enough help is reaching Pakistan. Compared to other recent catastrophes of similar scales, Pakistan has received much less international relief. As students, workers, and youth, we see it as our duty to give a helping hand to the people of Pakistan in this time of crisis. We will be holding a fundraising BBQ on Friday, August 27th for this purpose. The fundraiser will be from 6 to 9 PM in the evening, so that those who are fasting can also join us for Iftar. All proceeds of this fundraiser will go to the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign. PTUDC has been organizing relief and protest activities in more than 57 cities in Pakistan, being one of the first and most active grassroots organizations on the scene ever since the disaster hit. Their latest reports and pictures can be viewed here: www.ptudc.org \| Facebook event Organized by: Toronto Young New Democrats (TYND), Esplanade Community Youth Group, Iranian Association at University of Toronto (IAUT), Afghan & Iranian Youth Network of Ontario (AIYNO)
9:00pm, Thursday August 26, 2010 Wrong Bar, 1279 Queen St. West, Toronto.	Solidarity: DJs for Prisoners a night of music and dance to raise money to for legal fees for those detained during the G20 arrests featuring djs ------------------ Cozmic Cat ...nik red Lover Sun Kaushalaya Murr and more to TBA Cover $10 -20 sliding scales. We are trying to raise money for legal fees. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. @ The Wrong Bar Wheelchair accessible \| g20.torontomobilize.org \| Facebook event
7:00pm, Thursday August 26, 2010 UQAM, Niveau metro, Montreal.	Conference: Grande conférence sur l'Écosocialisme Grande conférence sur l'Écosocialisme gratuite organisée en partenariat avec Alternatives et les NCS, avec Joel Kovel, co-auteur du Manifeste écosocialiste international et auteur the "Enemy of Nature", une présentation vidéo de Michaël Lowy, lui aussi co-auteur du Manifeste, des interventions de Andrea Levy, Roger Rashi, Eric Martin, Michel Lambert et Véronique Brouillette. Dans le cadre de l'Université d'été des Nouveaux cahiers du socialisme. Website \| Facebook event
7:00pm, Tuesday August 24, 2010 Ryerson Student Centre - Oakham Lounge, 55 Gould Street, Toronto.	Public Forum: ECONOMIC CRISIS? Who pays!? A public forum on the government's proposed public sector wage freeze. At risk is free collective bargaining, workers rights, public services and our communities, so join members of the Toronto Workers' Assembly for a discussion on what's happening and how we can and should respond. More details tba. JPEG poster \| Facebook event
6:00pm, Monday August 23, 2010 Police Headquarters, 40 College Street, Toronto.	Solidarity: Drop the Charges! End Criminalization of Dissent! - Rally in Solidarity with G20 Defendants Most of our bruises have faded, but we haven't. It was two months ago when many were beaten on the streets of Toronto and in their homes, with rubber bullets and tear gas fired into crowds of people of all ages, from toddlers to seniors. Two months ago, the police conducted the largest mass arrest in Canadian history with 1100 people arrested. Two months ago, the police force conducted their vicious snatch squads to kidnap (and sometimes arrest) our community organizers and others simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. We are united with the people brutalized at the G20 protests, and demand the Attorney General's Office DROP their charges immediately! We will unite with the communities brutalized by the police every day, and demand the assault on aboriginal and other racialized communities, on queer communities, on street people end immediately. We will continue to dissent and take to the streets against the polices of the G20, including the proposed austerity measures. We will continue to build our movements in the struggle for a better world - this decade will not be marked by their austerity, but rather by OUR resistance. They Few. We Still Many. Facebook event
12:00pm, Monday August 23, 2010 corner of Kent and Laurier, Ottawa.	Solidarity: SUPPORT THE TAMIL MIGRANTS! CANADA: STOP JAILING AND DEPORTING REFUGEES, LET THEM STAY! SUPPORT THE TAMIL MIGRANTS! SAY NO TO RACISM! Join No One is Illegal to call for the immediate release of detained Tamil asylum seekers, and an end to racist and restrictive refugee policies. Justice, Freedom, and Status for All! Surviving a journey, 500 Tamil refugees, including women and children, arrived in BC after fleeing war and persecution in Sri Lanka. When the ship first neared Equimault Harbour, in the territories of the Songhees First Nation, it was immediately boarded by the Armed Forces, Border Services, and RCMP. Families are now being separated, with many children being taken by the Ministry of Child and Family Development. The refugees now face the threat of incarceration and eventual deportation. Canadian government officials and media outlets are perpetuating false and dehumanizing stereotypes of ‘illegals’, ‘terrorists’, and so-called queue-jumpers. The earlier arrival of 76 Tamil migrants on Ocean Lady was similarly sensationalized. This deliberately created hysteria appeals to prejudices of refugees as undesirable. This fear-mongering is just another tactic used to disguise the racist policies that define Canada’s immigration and refugee system. The Canadian government was recently forced to apologize for its “keep Canada white” measures, such as the Komagata Maru incident. Yet Minister of Censorship and Deportation Jason Kenney continues to increase detentions and deportation of refugees and undocumented migrants, while bringing in more temporary exploitable migrant labour. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews recently declared that Cabinet is drafting new policies to clamp down on migrants and “make this country less welcoming for future shipments of human cargo.” No One is Illegal-Ottawa asserts the basic human right to safety, mobility, and protection. It is well known that Tamils in Sri Lanka are fleeing military atrocities and mass displacement. The only crime the migrants have committed is transgressing this imposed settler-colonial border. We encourage you to join us in rejecting repressive, racist, and exclusionary ideologies and policies, and instead encourage compassion, solidarity, respect for life, and justice for all refugees. Release Detained Asylum-Seekers! Let the Boat Stay! Status for All! LET THEM STAY -- NO ONE IS ILLEGAL No One is Illegal (NOII) Ottawa is a coalition of migrants and allies that advocates and fights for the rights, dignity, and respect of immigrants and refugees, as well as those living without status in Canada. we are against capitalism and we believe in abolishing borders. We call for Status For All. For more information about No One Is Illegal visit www.nooneisillegal.org
8:00pm, Saturday August 21, 2010 San Lorenzo Community Centre, 22 Wenderly Drive, Toronto. PWYC and donations gratefully accepted	Fundraiser: Rumba y Resistencia Please join us at a fundraiser hosted by the Latin Solidarity Network and Barrio Nuevo, in support of Ilian Burbano and the 11 Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) activists/allies arrested for peacefully protesting cuts to the Special Diet benefit by the McGuinty provincial government. Facebook video \| Facebook event Express your solidarity and acknowledge the valuable efforts of these activists to serve the community and to further social justice. Live music, spoken word, dj's If you can not attend the event and would still like to donate, please click www.cupe3393.ca
6:00am, Thursday August 19, 2010 GreyHawk Golf Club, 4999 Boundary Rd, Cumberland.	Protest: Tell Premier Dalton McGuinty Wage cuts, corporate tax cuts and under-funding public services hurts Ontario! Premier Dalton McGuinty is hosting a fund-raising golf tournament at the GreyHawk Golf Club. Liberal Party faithful and the corporate elite will pay $600 per person to play golf and listen to a speech by the Premier. OPSEU.org
6:00pm, Tuesday August 17, 2010 Wallberg building, 200 College Street, Toronto.	Public Forum: DROP G20 Charges! RESISTING THE CRIMINALIZATION OF DISSENT Speakers include Lesley Wood, Syed Hussan and AJ Whithers. For ten days at the end of June, the Police led a coordinated armed assault against Toronto’s civilian population. Community organizers were in particular targeted. Mobilizations for justice, for dignity and for self-determination were infiltrated, harassed and intimidated. A Canada wide response is at hand as people fight to have the criminal charges dropped and to cont...inue the struggle against the G20's anti-people and anti-environment policies. Support the Legal Defence Fund! g20.torontomobilize.org Sponsored by: Hussan Freedom Committee, Ontario Public Interest Research Group - Toronto \| Facebook event
August 13 - August 16, 2010 7400 Saint-Laurent, Montreal.	Conference: Montreal International Women's Conference Women from five continents will gather in Montreal, Quebec, August 13-16, 2010 to discuss building a global militant women’s movement in the 21st century! The conference will culminate in the formation of an International Women’s Alliance. Be there. Be heard. Be a part of it. miwc2010.wordpress.com Hosted by Women of Diverse Origins, Montreal Convenors also include Gabriela Philippines, Action Network for Marriage Migrants Rights and Empowerment (AMMORE), Asian Rural Women’s Network and other representatives of women’s and other organizations from around the world.
12:00pm, Saturday August 14, 2010 High Park, 4th zone behind the swimming pool, Toronto.	Fundraiser: BBQ The Latin American Solidarity Network (LASN) is hosting a BBQ along with the Free the Cuban Five Committee - Toronto. This event will include food, drinks, music, soccer and other activities. The proceeds will go to two very good causes: 1. The legal defense fund for Ilian Burbano, a well respected member of our community, and the 8 Ontario Coalition against Poverty (OCAP) members that were arrested for peacefully protesting the special diet cuts by the Liberal government. More info. 2. The Free the Cuban 5 Fund: The "Cuban 5" have been falsely labeled as terrorists in the U.S. More info. Please RSVP to rburbano@hotmail.com and feel free to bring friends/partners and the whole family. Please also pass along the invitation to other supporters.
7:00pm, Sunday August 8, 2010 Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto.	Solidarity: Reception for the Families of the Cuban 5 Political Prisoners Dear Sisters and Brothers, I want to invite you to a very interesting and moving reception on Sunday, August 8th. Come and hear the emotional story of the Cuban Five from their families. The wives of these political prisoners have been campaigning across the world for their release. Each of these Cuban citizens has been in U.S. prisons since 1998. Come and hear from them about their fight to get visitation rights and ultimately the release of their husbands whom they have not seen for as many as 12 years. The Cuban Five were arrested by the FBI in 1998. Their arrest has outraged human rights campaigners. Amnesty International described their imprisonment and the denial of visitation from their families as "contrary both to standards for the human treatment of prisoners and to a state’s obligation to protect family life." Steelworkers website
1:30pm, Sunday August 8, 2010 Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto.	Public Info Session: Your OPTIONS for Taking Post-g8/g20 LEGAL ACTION In continuation of our Summit Legal Support Project, the Movement Defence Committee (MDC) of the Law Union of Ontario invites you to a public info session on your options for taking post-g8/g20 legal action. Join us on August 8th to learn about: * how to file a human rights claim * the police complaints process * how you can sue the police * the class action lawsuit(s) (that are currently in discussion) Registration: Please register as soon as possible \| More info Co-hosted by the Summit Legal Support Project of the Movement Defence Committee (MDC) and the Law Union of Ontario.
7:00pm, Tuesday August 3, 2010 OISE Room 5-170, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto.	Public Forum: Anti-Native Organizing and the 'Caledonia Crisis' Countering the Right Wing Backlash After the Six Nations people of the Grand River territory began the reclamation of the “Douglas Creek Estates” housing development in Caledonia in February of 2006, a grass-roots anti-Native campaign has been building in nearby white communities. Led by full-time organizers backed by local developers these anti-native activists have organized a “militia” to oppose “native lawlessness,” held regular protests against native smoke shops, and have consistently supported the actions of local governments to criminalize Six Nations land defenders for the past four years. The protests they have organized against Six Nations have been attended by neo-Nazis from elsewhere in Southern Ontario, and more recently – in the wake of the Israeli attack on the Gaza Flotilla – anti-native organizers have sought to tie struggles for indigenous self-determination on Turtle Island to “Muslim Hatemongers” and so-called “terrorist formations” such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Tamil Tigers while at the same time solidifying the links between “democratic” settler states such as Canada and Israel. On August 3rd, join us for a panel discussion examining the nature of the right wing backlash to the “Caledonia Crisis” in the context of a growing right-wing populist resurgence taking place in the United States and Canada. This event is being organized as part of the July 31 2010 “Call to Action Against Racism and Fascism” issued by Portland anti-fascists after ARA member Luke Querner was shot by suspected fascists on the evening of March 27th 2009. This event is co-organized by Common Cause and the CUPE 3903 First Nations Solidarity Working Group (FNSWG) and sponsored by the Pan-African Solidarity Network About the presenters: Mark Corbiere is a member of the Ojibway nation and is a long time member of Anti Racist Action. He is based in Kitchener-Waterloo. Tom Keefer is a member of the FNSWG, an editorial committee member of Upping the Anti and the author of several articles on Six Nations land struggles. Kate Milley is a member of the FNSWG and the author of “Where is John Wayne when you need him?” Anti-Native Organizing & the “Caledonia Crisis” In Upping the Anti #9. Shaista Patel is a graduate student at OISE. She identifies as a Muslim feminist and is a member of the FNSWG.
3:00pm, Tuesday August 3, 2010 Across from the U.S. Consulate, 360 University Ave, Toronto.	Solidarity: Protest in Solidarity With Gerardo of the CUBAN FIVE Just as the Samba Squad sings, "the Cuban rhythm calls you!" it is truly the heart of ALL OF CUBA that calls for saving the life of Gerardo Hernández, one of the imprisoned Cuban Five, due to the fast deterioration of his health, which is a direct result of the lack of medical attention and of the brutal conditions that the federal prison authorities of the U.S. empire are submitting this courageous, young Cuban who, for an hour a day of fresh air, is taken outside in a CAGE. Gerardo is presently being tortured daily and THIS MUST BE STOPPED! No amount of pressure or abuse has broken Gerardo’s commitment to his beloved Cuba and to humanity, now the forces of evil are working diligently trying to break down his physical integrity and we demand that GERARDO MUST BE FREED NOW! Toronto Forum on Cuba
7:00pm, Thursday July 29, 2010 Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, 1 Harbour Square, Toronto. Pier 4 Rm	Solidarity: From Devastation to Regeneration: Rebuilding a Sustainable Haiti The January 12, 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti, causing the deaths of 230,000 and leaving 1.4 million homeless, was an enormous tragedy for the people of Haiti, but also created an enormous opportunity for Haiti to rebuild, restore, and revitalize itself in ways previously not possible. Architect Martin Hammer will show images and discuss his experiences with assessment teams from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and the World Monuments Fund, as well as his current involvement and insights. He is working with Builders Without Borders and other organizations towards a sustainable reconstruction. (www.builderswithoutborders.org) A Presentation and Benefit for Builders Without Borders in Haiti Admission free, donations for rebuilding Haiti are welcome.
6:00pm, Tuesday July 27, 2010 Across from the US Consulate, 360 University Ave, Toronto.	Rally: Omar Khadr Solidarity ACTION Omar Khadr, a Canadian national who was a child when taken into US custody eight years ago, faces unfair trial by military commission at Guantánamo beginning on 10 August. Canada has refused to request his repatriation despite court rulings that his rights have been violated. On 5 July a Canadian Federal Court judge ordered the Canadian authorities to propose remedies for these violations within seven days. The Coalition for Omar Khadr and Amnesty International call on all to participate and promote the 8th anniversary of Omar Khadr's wrongful detainment and the continued breach of his civil and human rights. \| PDF poster
10:00am, Tuesday July 27, 2010 College Park Courthouse, College and Yonge Streets, Toronto.	Solidarity: Rally to Free Kelly Pflug Back Friends of Kelly Pflug Back are calling for a demonstration - Tuesday · 10:30 - 17:00 Come out and support our comrade and friend Kelly at her bail hearing. We will be meeting outside the courthouse where we will share stories about the positive work she has done and the contributions that she has made in our communities. We will also take a stand against the demonization of Kelly by the police, then go inside to support our comrade during her bail hearing.
6:00pm, Monday July 26, 2010 PSAC Building, 233 Gilmour Avenue, Ottawa.	Meeting: INVITATION TO ALL OTTAWA ACTIVISTS Do you believe that the current economic and social system is fundamentally flawed? Do you feel frustrated by the inability of progressives to adequately challenge what we are up against? Do you want to join with other individuals in Ottawa from across diverse sectors and organizations to be more strategic, more powerful, and more-far-reaching? Come help create an Ottawa Assembly. Inspired by the Toronto Workers' Assembly, the Ottawa Assembly would bring together individuals to build working class unity and solidarity defined broadly and inclusively. The Assembly would seek to be more than a coalition or network, and to organize and act to claim new ground, not only defend previous gains.
5:30pm, Monday July 26, 2010 Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto.	Solidarity: July 26th Celebration of the Cuban Revolution Day On July 26th, 1953 the Cuban people attacked the Moncada and the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes garrisons, symbols of the tyranny and occupation of Cuba under the U.S. puppet regime of Batista. Although the attack was defeated, it raised the banner of struggle, which would lead to the victory of the Cuban Revolution. We celebrate with the added joy of seeing Fidel Castro, the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, in an ever combative but convincing exchange of ideas on international issues live. A political/cultural evening with: * MASTER OF CEREMONIES - Fidelito * WELCOMING REMARKS - Raúl Delgado Concepción, the Honorable Consul of Cuba in Toronto * MUSIC & POETRY * Poetic Voices/Voces Poéticas - Indigenous/Hispanic Zuviri - Top finalist in the “Toronto Latin Star” talent contest \| Arnold H. Itwaru - Poet, Former Director, Caribbean Studies-University of Toronto ...and last but not least! Live Cuban Band - The Clave Kings Organized by: Toronto Forum on Cuba \| La Asociación de Cubanos Juan Gualberto Gómez \| PDF poster
4:00pm, Sunday July 25, 2010 Asteria Restaurant, 679 Danforth Ave., Toronto.	Study Group: A Socialist Analysis of Israeli Apartheid Introduced by: Abbie Bakan The term 'Israeli apartheid' has become a flashpoint in Canadian and international politics. Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QUAIA) was banned from the 2010 Pride march, provoking an uproar of resistance that successfully reversed the ban. Israeli Apartheid Week has been challenged by university administrations and every level of government. But Palestinian resistance to the effects of Israel’s apartheid policies continue, and the international movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions continues to grow. Hear ABBIE BAKAN – Palestine solidarity activist, long standing socialist and anti-racist theorist - explain the meaning and context of Israeli Apartheid ... and bring your questions and comments for discussion. Suggested Readings: Palestinian Resistance and International Solidarity: the BDS Movement, by Abigail B. Bakan and Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Israel's Propaganda Cannot Cover Up Gaza Flotilla Slaughter by Sian Ruddick. Organized by Pape/Danforth International Socialists \| Facebook event
1:00pm, Sunday July 25, 2010 Vincent Massey Park, Heron Road at Riverside, Ottawa.	Picnic: Raise Funds for Human Rights defenders in the Philippines President Benigno Aquino III is delivering his first State of the Nation Address on July 26, 2010. What will he say? More importantly, what action will he take? In 2010 the human rights conditions in the Philippines have continued to be in crisis. In February 43 Health care workers in Morang were arrested by the Army while training to serve the poor peasants in Rizal province. They are accused of being members of the New Peoples Army, though no evidence has been presented for this charge. They remain in custody. They are but a few of many activists being arrested on false, trumped up charges. Extra-judicial killings of popular movement leaders, which had abated for two years, has started up again since the May 2010 elections. Six people had been assassinated in the last days of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and six more have been killed in the first 10 days of the Presidency of Benigno Aquino. These people include trade unionists, church leaders, farmers and teachers Meanwhile the number of jobless and unemployed Filipinos grew to 11.4 million in January 2010, the number of poor families reached 4.7 million and the number of poor Filipinos reached 27.6 million in 2006, national debt has ballooned to P4.36 trillion in February 2010, or more than double the P2.17 trillion debt inherited from the Estrada government. Sponsored by the Ontario Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines
7:00pm, Saturday July 24, 2010 #200-5118 Joyce Street, Vancouver.	Information: World Festival of Youth Join us for an info session on the 17th World Festival of Youth & Students which will be held in South Africa this December! The Festival is the largest international youth gathering and the largest expression of youth resistance in the world. At the last Festival, in Venezuela, over 16,000 youth and students from around the world attended. Festival website \| PDF poster
5:00pm, Saturday July 24, 2010 OISE Room 5-250, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto.	Public Forum: State of the Nation: The Filipino People's Agenda Our guest: Dr. Constancio 'Chandu' Claver Chairperson, National Organizing Committee Bayan-Canada With cultural presentations, solidarity messages, a tribute to people's heroes, survivors of the state's human rights violations and a call to action. Sponsored by: Bayan Canada in Toronto, Migrante Ontario, and the Philippine Solidarity Network-Canada
3:00pm, Saturday July 24, 2010 Dufferin Grove Park, Toronto.	: The People vs. Jason Kenney (and everything he stands for) Join this grassroots movement to demand that Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney stop stifling dissenting voices; halt detentions and deportations; abolish temporary worker programs; withdraw support for military occupations from Afgahnistan to Palestine; and end discrimination against women, queer communities, immigrants and racialized people! No One Is Illegal - Toronto
12:00pm, Saturday July 24, 2010 Elmbank Community Centre, 10 Rampart Road, Toronto.	: A community BBQ and town hall meeting Join the Good Jobs for All Coalition, Communities Organizing for Responsible Development (CORD), and Social Planning Toronto as we host a community BBQ and town hall meeting to talk about the value of public services and how we can use Toronto’s October 25 municipal elections to ensure our services remain public, decently funded, and accessible to all. Saturday's event is the first of a series of town halls the Good Jobs for All Coalition is organizing as part of its new Public Services for All campaign. Read about the new campaign and download the four great flyers at www.goodjobsforall.ca \| Facebook event
9:00pm, Friday July 23, 2010 Bike Pirates, 1292 Bloor Street West, Toronto.	Fundraiser: Free Our Friends! A G20 Legal Defence Fundraiser (Day Two) Toronto Anarchist Black Cross and No Apathy! present: Free Our Friends! A G20 Legal Defence Fundraiser (Day Two) All ages welcome. Minimum suggested donation is $5 but the sky's the limit! Our friends need our support now. - Music by Sarit Cantor, Byron, Abstract Random and Alludere - Speakers TBA - vegan baked goods and other goodies for sale. Yum! All proceeds from the door will go to the G20 Legal Defense Fund. Thanks to the folks at Bike Pirates for hosting this event!
3:00pm, Friday July 23, 2010 Victoria Park, Spring Garden Road and South Park, Halifax.	Solidarity: Moncada Day Commemoration July 26th, 2010 will mark the 57th anniversary of the act that is annually celebrated all over Cuba as the beginning of the movement and struggle that paved the way for the Cuban Revolution. On that day 57-years ago, Cuba's rebels rose up against the U.S.- supported dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Although that first battle was lost, the Revolution ultimately prevailed on January 1, 1959. On July 23 we gather for the third annual commemoration to remember and honour those who were lost on that day, and to celebrate Cuba's independence. There will be performances from noted Nova Scotian jazz artist Jeff Goodspeed (director of the famous youth music group Los Primos), El Jones (acclaimed spoken word artist), and much more! This is a free event organized by the Nova Scotia Cuba Association.
9:00pm, Thursday July 22, 2010 The Central, 603 Markham Street, Toronto. $5-10 sliding scale	Fundraiser: Free Our Friends! A G20 Legal Defence Fundraiser (Day One) Show solidarity with G20 political prisoners by dancing your face off and donating some cash in exchange for some solid musical love. ALL proceeds at the door go to legal funds for G20 legal defence (including for our friend Illogik, who is performing), and we'll also have some raf...fles and other goodies for you to throw money at. every last dime will go to paying legal bills. featuring: HUSH MONEY, ILLOGIK, ABSTRACT RANDOM, and more bands TBA!
5:00pm, Thursday July 22, 2010 Business District, Adelaide and York Streets, Toronto.	Solidarity: Protest GoldCorpse! July 22nd is the International Day of Action Against Open Pit Mining! In Toronto, the Anti-Mining Coordinating Network ABYA-YALA (Americas) is protesting Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America. Dress as a Corporate Zombie!
5:00pm, Thursday July 22, 2010 Hyatt Regency, 370 King St. West, Toronto.	Solidarity: HOTEL WORKERS RISING: MAKE HISTORY ON JULY 22! Join hotel workers across North America in a historic protest against global hotel corporations. In 15 cities, including Vancouver and Toronto, hotel workers will be demonstrating their unity and their determination to fight for respect in an industry dominated by wealthy multinational companies that continue cutting jobs and trying to squeeze more from workers. Hotel Workers Rising
10:30am, Thursday July 22, 2010 College Park Courthouse, Yonge and College, Toronto.	Solidarity: Eleven People Arrested: OCAP Rallies Against Cut to the Special Diet The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) demonstrated yesterday against the devastating cut to the Special Diet benefit and to demand that the Liberal Government raise welfare rates by at least 55% - the minimum amount required to restore rates to where they were before the cut by Harris in 1995. During the rally, over 300 people took to the streets, while a smaller group of people went in to the Liberal Party headquarters, to deliver an 'invoice' to the Liberal Party -- demanding full re-payment of benefits taken from people living on social assistance. The delegation of people who entered the Provincial Liberals HQ went to deliver a message about the impact of the cuts on poor people. Rather than receive this message, the powers that be chose to enforce their austerity measures with police action. Shortly after the group entered, Toronto Police arrested all 11 people, OCAP members, allies, and labour activists. Two people were released, while the other 9 remain in custody. \| PDF poster
12:00pm, Wednesday July 21, 2010 Ministry of Community and Social Services, 900 Bay Street, Toronto.	Meal, Rally and Action: Fightback Against the Special Diet Cut! STOP THE SPECIAL DIET CUT - RAISE WELFARE/ODSP RATES NOW! G20 leaders, the Federal Tories, and the Provincial Liberals think that they can offload deficits on to poor people by cutting funding to programs that we need and gutting the public sector. They are trying to force us to pay for a crisis we didn’t create. In the same way that we came together on June 25th – 27th, we can and must do it again as the government begins to implement austerity measures on the local level. We have to resist them every step of the way; when they say cutback – we say FIGHT BACK! Get involved in July 21st: Contact OCAP to organize outreach in your neighborhood or to build for a bus or contingent on the day. Please head down to 52 Division now, to show your support for people who are standing up for poor and working people in this city and province. WHEN: NOW \| WHERE: 52 Division at 255 Dundas Street West south-west corner of University and Dundas Street (St. Patrick Subway Station) Press Release
6:30pm, Saturday July 17, 2010 OISE Room 5-170, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto.	Public Forum: Resist - Educate - Mobilize and Organize Against Police Racial Profiling One of the main objectives of this forum is to form a coalition/alliance focusing on eradicating police terrorism. Great Son of Africa, Martin Luther King Jr., reminds us that "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" so the issue of police repression manifested in racial profiling is a massive injustice that directly and indirectly affects the lives of all Africans and other "racialized" people. The effect of this injustice is that we have a collective responsibility to resist racial profiling while educating, organizing and mobilizing our communities to eradicate it. For further details about the history of racial profiling in Canada, please read the Toronto Star's coverage in 2002 and 2010 so you will see that the issue has actually worsened. The Pan-African Solidarity Network (University of Toronto) with the endorsement of the Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students (APUS); the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party; Durham Community Action Group; CUPE Local 3907; and the African Socialist International cordially invite you to attend a public forum on racial profiling. Please contact CUPE Local 3907 at cupe3907@gmail.com if you need further information or you would like to help organize this event. Kindly RSVP by Sunday, July 11th and spread this information through your networks. \| PDF poster
1:30pm, Saturday July 17, 2010 Queen's Park, Toronto.	Rally: Civil Liberties Day of Action Come rally for our civil liberties with us under the sun and soak up some summer fun featuring guest speakers and music initiatives... NEITHER THE GOVERNMENT, NOR THE MEDIA, SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BURY THE ABUSES AGAINST CANADIAN CIVIL LIBERTIES THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE G20 SUMMIT IN TORONTO. We mustn't forget the blatant violation of our constitutional liberties, including unlawful searches and detentions, abuse, and wilful misinformation. During the G20, the police acted in a way that directly contradicts how we believe a lawful society should behave. Many protesters and innocent bystanders were unjustly arrested and detained for up to 36 hours, some without even the right to have access to a lawyer or a phone call. There are many accounts of sexual harassment, a deprivation of food and water, and of male police strip searching women. Organized by Canadians Advocating Political Participation (CAPP) \| Facebook event
1:00pm, Saturday July 17, 2010 Canada-wide.	: Canadian Day of Solidarity Background: In light of the actions of the police during the G20 towards innocent and peaceful protesters, and the fact that the Chief of Police wilfully misinformed Canadians regarding laws passed, we believe that it's time that Canadians all over the country stood together in solidarity and in support of our common civil rights! For more information, please check out some of the helpful links provided below! Our Goal: We want an independent inquiry into the events surrounding the G20, the arrests, the treatment of those detained, etc. And we want to send the message loud and clear that we will stand up for our civil rights! Facebook event \| Toronto event
7:00pm, Friday July 16, 2010 Galbraith Building - Room 248, 35 St. George Street, Toronto.	Public Forum: Free and Accessible TTC! Speakers include: * Deb Cowen from the University of Toronto Department of Geography * Franz Hartmann from the Toronto Environmental Alliance * Karen Sun, former Executive Director of Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter and current candidate for City Counsellor in Ward 19 * Kamilla Pietrzyk from the Greater Toronto Workers Assembly Join us for an open debate and discussion about free and accessible transit in Toronto organized by the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly \| Facebook event
7:00pm, Wednesday July 14, 2010 Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto. $10 or PWYC	Talk and Fundraiser: Help launch a CANADIAN boat to Gaza! SHIR HEVER, economic researcher of the Alternative Information Center, will discuss the potential of flotillas to end the siege of Gaza. His research topics include international aid to Palestine and Israel, the effects of the occupation of Palestine on the Israeli economy, and the global boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. On May 31, early morning, Israeli commandos illegally boarded and seized six ships carrying over 600 humanitarian activists from over 35 countries, and 10,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza. The raid left nine passengers dead, dozens more injured, and all passengers were kidnapped and detained in Israeli prisons for at least 36 hours before being deported. Israel's military assault on the Freedom Flotilla once again exposes not only the dire humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, but also Israel's flagrant disregard for human rights and international law. As our countries and world leaders remain silent, citizens around the world are now re-energized and ready to launch more flotillas to bring humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza and to directly challenge Israel's illegal siege and naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. A coalition of Canadian human rights activists is joining the next Gaza Freedom Flotilla by uniting our efforts and raising enough money to send at least one boat to Gaza! Organized by: Gaza Freedom March \| Media Sponsor: Rabble (rabble.ca) \| Facebook event
4:00pm, Wednesday July 14, 2010 Toronto Subway, Toronto.	Leafletting: Free Transit Campaign Once again, the Free and Accessible Transit Campaign needs your help!! With What? - With distributing our free transit brochures!! When? - Wednesday, July 14 (4:00-6:00 PM) Where? - Your choice of ONE of the 3 stations: Finch Station in the north OR Victoria Park station in the east OR Dufferin Station in the west Why? - To launch our campaign for free transit!!! Who? - Everyone's help is needed!! Drag every person you know to help out! The bigger our presence at these stations, the bigger the public's response will be. Please wear red again and bring any instrument that might draw people's attention. Details? - Please commit through this poll \| Facebook \| Organized by the Toronto Workers' Assembly
11:00am, Wednesday July 14, 2010 Limeridge Mall, 999 Upper Wentworth Street, Hamilton.	Solidarity: Protest and Leafleting Against Sears' Lockout and Scabs Concerned citizens, joined by provincial and municipal politicians, will gather near a Sears store tomorrow to protest the giant retailer's callous decision to lock out warehouse employees and give their jobs to scabs. "This is an absolutely shameful, disrespectful way for a profitable, multinational corporation to treat its workers," says Darren Green, President of the United Steelworkers Hamilton Area Council, which is organizing Wednesday's demonstration. "Hamiltonians are standing in solidarity with these workers who are being treated with such contempt by Sears," Green says. About 500 employees of the Sears Canada warehouse in Vaughan, Ont. - members of United Steelworkers Local 9537 - were locked out of their jobs April 1 after they refused to accept Sears' demands for major concessions. Despite a yearly profit of $250 million, Sears has refused to negotiate over the last four months and has hired scabs to perform the locked-out workers' jobs. "Sears wants to impose a contract that would give the company the right to unilaterally and arbitrarily change virtually every aspect of our compensation and other working conditions," says USW Staff Representative Terry Bea. The Hamilton protest is part of a boycott campaign against Sears that is expanding across Ontario. "We are informing consumers about Sears' deplorable and unnecessary behaviour and asking them to send a message by not shopping at Sears until this company treats its employees with fairness and decency," says Bea. For further information: Darren Green, President, USW Hamilton Area Council, uswa5328@msn.com; Terry Bea, USW Staff Representative, tbea@usw.ca \| Facebook group
1:00pm, Saturday July 10, 2010 Queen's Park, Toronto.	Rally: Day of Action for Civil Liberties Despite threats of new crowd dispersal weapons and dubious claims that police were granted extraordinary powers of search and arrest, over 25,000 people peacefully marched to question the legitimacy of the G20...Under the pretext of stopping vandalism, the police descended upon peaceful protesters and confused passers-by with force that was disproportionate, arbitrary and excessive, and included raids, rubber bullets, tear gas and pre-emptive detentions. In total, more than 900 people were detained based on dubious charges, in the largest mass arrest in Canadian history. Demonstrate your opposition to the excessive use of police force and the unprecedented curtailment of civil liberties. Demand an independent public inquiry. Join the Day of Action for Civil Liberties in towns and cities across Canada and Québec on July 10, 2010. For information or to endorse the day: CivilLibertiesNOW@gmail.com \| Facebook event
3:45pm, Friday July 9, 2010 Halifax Chronicle Herald, 2717 Joseph Howe Drive, Halifax.	Rally: Global Day of Action for BDS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA DAY Marking the 5th anniversary of the Palestinian Civil Society BDS Call End the Siege of Gaza Harper-Layton-Ignatieff : Occupation Is A Crime Break the Media & Information Blockade! Help ensure the broadest participation possible Canada Palestine Association * Ad Hoc Committee to Defend Palestine * Canadian Union of Postal Workers * Pan Canadian Bil'in Solidarity Network * Canadians, Arabs and Jews for a Just Peace * NSPIRG
2:00pm, Tuesday July 6, 2010 City Hall Council Chambers, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto.	Public Meeting: Stop the Privatization of Toronto Hydro City Council to vote on privatization of Toronto Hydro on Tuesday July 6 In a surprise move, the Executive Committee of Toronto's City Council has decided to put the future of Toronto Hydro to a vote on Tuesday July 6. City Council will vote on a motion that recommends: '…Toronto City Council unequivocally indicate that as Toronto Hydro is a necessary instrument to achieve Toronto's environmental, economic development and financial objectives, it is not in the public interest to sell all or any part of it.' Hydro privatization is bad news for the people of Toronto As noted in the Executive Committee motion, the privatization of Toronto Hydro is not in the public interest. And, public opinion polls have repeatedly shown that the people of Toronto oppose privatization by a wide margin. However, banks, consulting firms and pension plans are eager to buy public assets and turn them into a source of massive private profit. Local One members are committed to keeping Toronto Hydro public so that we continue to serve the people, not a private corporation. We are asking for your support to help us win this battle. Here's what you can do: Please join Local One members at Toronto City Hall Council Chambers on Tuesday, July 6, at 2 pm – to protect public power! Please ask members of your organization to call their City Councillor and speak out for public power! CUPE Local One
2:30pm, Sunday July 4, 2010 Ottawa Police Station, 474 Elgin Street, Ottawa.	Rally: 2nd Ottawa Rally against G20 police actions Solidarity with the Toronto 1000 arrested and all others who were brutalized and had their rights violated - Thanks to everyone for making Wed's rally a success! There were also rallies in Hamilton, London and Windsor on Wed. And on Thurs, Canada Day, approx 1000 rallied in Montreal, and several thousand in Toronto. There are/were also rallies in Winnipeg, Victoria, Edmonton, Guelph and Vancouver. Facebook event
5:30pm, Thursday July 1, 2010 Queen's Park, South Lawn, Toronto.	Rally: Public Inquiry Concerning the Actions at the G20 Our Chief of Police misinformed the public as to laws that were passed. Our police arrested innocent and peaceful protesters. Those protesters were held in detention centres with little food or water. We want to know why the Black Bloc were allowed to trash our city! We want to know why police barged into people's homes in the middle of the night! We want to know why the police thought that misinforming the public was a good idea! Are you outraged? WE ARE! Come join us for a peaceful protest! Those of you not in Toronto: We will be having solidarity protests in various cities on the 17th. Please join this group and help organize and spread the word! Facebook event \| CAPP website
1:00pm, Thursday July 1, 2010 Canada-wide.	: G20 Protest: Defend Your Rights! Background: In light of the actions of the police during the G20 towards innocent and peaceful protesters, and the fact that the Chief of Police wilfully misinformed Canadians regarding laws passed, we believe that it's time that Canadians all over the country stood together in solidarity and in support of our common civil rights! Our Goal: We want an independent inquiry into the events surrounding the G20, the arrests, the treatment of those detained, etc. And we want to send the message loud and clear that we will stand up for our civil rights! Facebook event
8:00pm, Wednesday June 30, 2010 2201 Finch Avenue West, Toronto.	Solidarity: Help the G20 Detainees The Coordinating Committee of the Greater Toronto Workers Assembly is requesting volunteers to help in the aftermath of the G20 Summit. Imprisoned activists are being periodically released from the courthouse on 2201 Finch Avenue West. There are two ways you can help over the next few days starting now: (1)We need people to offer their homes (even if floor-space is the only thing available) for newly released activists who are from out of town and need a place to stay for the night. (2)We need drivers who are willing to go to the courthouse and drive newly released activists to subway stations (the closest two are Downsview and Finch) and, for those who are from out of town and have no place to stay the night, we need drivers to take them to designated spots. If you volunteer to drive, please try to bring supplies, such as water, food (fruit and granola bars), and TTC tokens (or change). If you are willing to help with either or both of these endeavours, please contact Paul Gray at 705-760-6540, or, if he cannot be reached, please contact Peter Brogan at 647-764-1871. If you are offering a place to stay, be aware that we may be arriving with activists as late as 1:30 am. When calling to volunteer, please supply your phone number, address, directions (if your house will be difficult to find), and the number of people you can accommodate. We know many of you are angry over what has transpired over the last week. This is an immediate opportunity to make a difference. \| Facebook event
6:30pm, Wednesday June 30, 2010 Windmill Line Co-op, 125 Scadding Avenue, Toronto.	Public Forum: Emergency Townhall Meetting Peaceful Rally at Novotel Resulted in Mass Arrests After a week of protests and action by the labour movement and working class communities to the policies of the G20, one of the final battles raged in front of Novotel, a hotel in our community where workers were on strike. Police had already shown their willingness to brutalize peaceful protesters and ignore our civil liberties over the past days. On Saturday evening, they arrested more than 300 peaceful protesters and bystanders, including many of our youth as well as striking hotel workers during a peaceful rally on The Esplanade. This occurred while police forces stood back while black bloc vandals created havoc in the city of Toronto. We, as the Esplanade community, will not accept such blatant disregard for our human well-being and our hard-fought civil rights. Working people have a right to protest increasing poverty, cuts to services and bailouts for the rich. Join us on Wednesday, June 30th at 6:30 pm for an Esplanade community townhall. All are welcome and needed. Speakers: * Rik Hockley, shop steward representative of Novotel Hotel Workers, UNITE Here! Local 75 * Mike Seaward, United Steelworkers and Executive member of the Ontario NDP * Farshad Azadian, co-founder of the Esplanade Community Group Organized by: Esplanade Community Group, Toronto Young New Democrats, UNITE Here! Local 75 Endorsed by: Fightback, BASICS Community Newsletter, Afghan-Iranian Youth Network, Hands Off Venezuela, Toronto Centre NDP \| Facebook event
5:30pm, Wednesday June 30, 2010 Ottawa Police Station, 474 Elgin Street, Ottawa.	Rally: SOLIDARITY WITH THE TORONTO 900 All out against G20 police brutality and in solidarity with the Toronto 900! A protest outside police headquarters in every city! The events of the past week in Toronto have been unprecedented in Canadian history. Over 900 people were arrested, the biggest mass arrests ever in Canada, for daring to protest against the destructive policies of the G20. Protesters and local residents were subjected to violent baton attacks, snatch squads, tear gas and rubber bullets. Sleeping people have been pulled from their homes at gunpoint in the middle of the night. Many have been beaten. People who have been arrested have been strip-searched and held in cages, facing long delays in obtaining legal support. We have heard numerous accounts of sexual abuse by police from women who were arrested. Journalists have been punched, arrested and had their equipment broken. Our message will be clear: Free the Toronto 900! Fight back against the police state! We are putting you under surveillance! Build the resistance against the G20! Build the resistance against austerity! Build the general strike! Common Cause \| Facebook event
5:30pm, Monday June 28, 2010 40 College Street, Toronto.	: JAIL SOLIDARITY RALLY! Speakers: Naomi Klein, Ben Powless, David McNally, Abeer Majeed Testimonies from people who've been brutalized by police Over the past two days, police have rounded and arrested up hundreds of people. They have been denied access to lawyers, telephones, food and water, and held in deplorable conditions in makeshift steel cages. Many have been beaten in the streets and in their homes; shot at with rubber bullets and tear gas; some have been sent to hospital with severe injuries. Hundreds are still in custody as of Sunday night. We need to get our people out. We need to take our city back from the armed fortress that it has been turned into. We will let the police know that we will not tolerate the arrests, beatings and attempt to intimidate the people of Toronto. Our community stands with the people whose lives have been disrupted by the G20, and by police violence. We will demand that all those arrested be released, and released now!
June 18 - June 27, 2010 Toronto.	Solidarity: People's Summit more information to come... June 18-20 PEOPLES' SUMMIT: hosted by NGOs, Labour and community organizations June 21-24 THEMED DAYS OF RESISTANCE - Toronto Community Mobilization Network * June 23 - Climate and Environmental Justice * June 24 - Indigenous Sovereignty and Self-Determination * June 25 - Free the Streets! Community Day of Action * June 26 - NGO, Union and Community Rally and March * June 26-27 - Day of Action
1:00pm, Saturday June 26, 2010 Queen's Park, University and College Streets, Toronto.	Rally and March: People First! We Deserve Better! The G8 and G20 Summits taking place in Ontario from June 25-27 offer Canadians a rare opportunity to speak out on priorities that the world's most wealthy and powerful nations should adopt on economic recovery, environment, human rights, decent jobs, and social justice. Decisions taken by the G8 and G20 governments impact on millions of lives in Canada and around the world. Join us on June 26. Show the world that Canadians still share the dream of a better world for everyone. Canadian Labour Congress \| PDF poster \| Facebook group
2:30pm, Friday June 25, 2010 Allan Gardens, Carleton and Sherbourne Streets, Toronto.	Rally and March: Justice for Our Communities, No G8/G20! From June 25th and 27th, 2010, the world’s twenty richest countries (the G8 and G20) will send their ruling elite, along with heads of the IMF and World Bank, to meet in Huntsville and then in Toronto, to talk exploitation, wealth, and greed. Toronto's communities are uniting to take back what is ours! Join us on the streets June 25, as we ensure the G20, the G8 and their deadly policies are exposed and challenged! Rally, march, party and pitch a tent city against Toronto and the G8/G20, racist, sexist, abeliest, homo/transphobic and capitalist policies. Join Us for Justice For Our Communities! Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, No One Is Illegal-Toronto, LIFEMovement, Jane and Finch Action Against Poverty, Students Against Israeli Apartheid, DAMN 2025, Women's Coordinating Committee Chile - Canada, No Games Toronto, South Asian Women's Rights Organization, Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid Justice for Our Communities
7:00am, Friday June 25, 2010 Subway (Dufferin and Victoria Park), Toronto.	Leafletting: Free Transit Campaign We need help distributing our free transit brochures this Friday June 25th from 7AM-9AM. Victoria Park station in the east OR Dufferin Station in the west Why? - To launch our campaign for free transit!!! Who? - Everyone's help is needed!! Drag every person you know to help out! The bigger our presence at these stations, the bigger the public's response will be. Please wear red and bring any instrument (if you can) that will grab people's attention. Please commit to coming out this Friday morning through this poll. Both groups are asked to meet 10 minutes earlier at the station to strategize. \| Workers' Assembly \| Facebook event
10:00am, Sunday June 20, 2010 Ryerson University - Oakham House, 63 Gould Street, Toronto.	Public Forum: Resisting the G-20 An Anti-Capitalist approach to understanding and resisting the G-20 Agenda A Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly workshop at the G20 Peoples Summit Featuring: * Greg Albo (York University, Socialist Project, Workers' Assembly): Who are the G-20? What is their agenda? What is the state of resistance around the world? * John Clarke ( Ontario Coalition Against Poverty): The attack on poor people and the movement to raise social assistance rates. Spokesperson from the Toronto Workers' Assembly: On the Assembly project and its new campaigns for free transit and defending against the attacks on the public sector. Organized by the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly \| PDF poster \| Facebook event
3:30pm, Saturday June 19, 2010 OISE, 7th floor, Peace Room, 252 Bloor St. West, Toronto.	Public Forum: Bargaining in an Era of Wage Restraint Re-thinking Strategies for the Public Sector Join us for an informational and strategy workshop to: 1) Understand the nature of the assault on the public sector 2) Respond to rhetoric that pits workers against the public 3) Explore new ways to build unity and protect jobs and services * What does McGuinty’s “wage freeze” legislation mean for unions? * How can workers fight to defend our jobs AND high-quality public services? * How can we build unity among the workers who provide public services and the people who need them? Organized by The Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly \| PDF poster \| Facebook event \| PDF poster
12:30pm, Saturday June 19, 2010 OISE, 7th floor, Peace Room, 252 Bloor St. West, Toronto.	Public Forum: Creeping Privatization in Hospital Clinical Care Lessons from the U.K. With professor emeritus Colin Leys and Ontario Health Coalition director Natalie Mehra ~Presentation~Discussion~Strategy Session~ Organized by the Toronto Workers' Assembly, supported by the Ontario Health Coalition.
9:00am, Saturday June 19, 2010 OISE, 7th floor, Peace Room, 252 Bloor St. West, Toronto.	Public Forum: Starving Healthcare A Forum on Health, Poverty, and Privatization Join us on June 19 for the following informational and strategy workshops: * 9:00 -11:30 Cutting the Special Diet Allowance: Health and the Defunding of Social Assistance * 12:30 - 3:00 Creeping Privatization in Hospital Clinical Care: Lessons from the U.K. Sponsors and Participants include: The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions / CUPE * OCAP * The Ontario Health Coalition * The Stop Community Food Centre * The Toronto Workers’ Assembly * Colin Leys PDF poster \| PDF poster
2:00pm, Sunday June 13, 2010 Exile Infoshop, 256 Bank Street, Ottawa.	Book Launch: 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Talk and Book Launch by Gord Hill Part of the Decolonial Study Group - Everyone Welcome! The Decolonial Study Group is a project of the IPSM Ottawa. We will be deepening and broadening our understanding and analysis of indigenous struggles for decolonization, social justice and revolution. We will be doing this through readings, workshops, oral presentations, movies and so on. The June 13th Study Group will be a talk by Gord Hill on "500 Years of Indigenous Resistance". The talk is part of a speaking tour and book launch for his new graphic book, "500 Years of Indigenous Resistance". ipsmo@riseup.net - www.ipsmo.org
10:00am, Saturday June 5, 2010 Westdale High School, 700 Main St. West, Hamilton.	Annual: Anarchist Book Fair It is time again to join us for our third edition of the Hamilton Anarchist Book fair. Please come in big numbers. Vendors from across Ontario and beyond will be present again providing a variety of literature. We will hold several workshops this year with the main theme being the G8/G20 summit and links to local struggles. Again this year free childcare and free food will be provided. The space is ramp accessible with all events on the main floor and a bigger bathroom is available. A gender neutral bathroom will be available. The event will be advertised as a scent-free space. We do try to make this event as accessible as possible for everybody so if you have any specific needs, please contact us at hamiltonanarchistbookfair@gmail.com. Come learn about anarchist ideas for the first time or deepen your knowledge. Meet local organizers and connect with local struggles. Stick around for the after party! \| Common Cause
2:45pm, Monday May 31, 2010 Concordia University, 1455 Blvd de Maisonneuv, Montreal.	Forum: Canada in the Global Struggle Roundtable - Chair: Judy Rebick Ben Powless - Indigenous Environmental Network Sonja Killoran-McKibbin - Toronto Bolivia Solidarity Corvin Russell - Defenders of the Earth Fred Wilson - CEP, People’s Summit Report Back from Cochabamba World People's Congress on Climate Change PDF poster \| PDF poster
8:00pm, Thursday May 20, 2010 Cinecycle, 129 Spadina Ave, Toronto.	Launch: Upping The Anti - #10 Join UPPING THE ANTI as we celebrate the launch of UPPING THE ANTI NUMBER TEN -- DJ DJ Tanner and DJ Zehra-- -- Raffle, Dancing, Politics, Fun -- Admission: $10 (includes new issue). No one turned away for lack of funds. Subscribers get in free.
May 13 - May 16, 2010 York University - Accolade West, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto.	Conference: Historical Materialism 2010 The conference will take place against the backdrop of a profound destabilization of global capitalism alongside significant challenges for labour and social movements. Imperialist wars abound and culture has been drawn into the service of empire. Robust theorizations and critical innovations are needed. Historical Materialism at York Univ
April 24 - May 2, 2010 Toronto.	Festival: Mayworks - 2010 Welcome to the 25th Anniversary Festival! Once again this year, Mayworks reaffirms its place in Toronto's cultural and labour scenes. The festival strives to bring together many divergent groups: artists, social movements, community groups, organized labour and non-unionized workers to work together to support each other’s struggles and issues. We believe in using the arts to do this. Performers appearing at the festival this year include: LAL, Anna Camilleri, Ivan E. Coyote and Lyndell Montgomery (SweLL), Humble the Poet, MetaDanze, Red Slam Collective, Amai Kuda, Marinda and Solari, Deidre “DLishus” Walton, Mama D, Drum Artz Canada, Clare Nobbs, Cammy Lee, Sulong Theatre Collective, Elle Niño, Karine Silverwoman, Joseph Soobram, Ami Mattison, Belladonna and more. Visual artists include Brenda Joy Lem, Sundus Abdul Hadi, red tree and c3 collective, Marcos Arriaga. Ann Clifford, Alicia Alexander, Farhia Hirad, Ladan Omar, Hanan Osman, Liliana Chavez, Jamesha Durrant, Alba Mondragon, Patricia Quiroga, Maria Teves, Beatriz Salazar, Noemi Valle, Griseldina Camilo, Luz Vazquez, Sandra Gonzales. Mayworks Festival \| Facebook event
9:00am, Sunday May 2, 2010 USW Local 1005, 350 Kenilworth Ave, Hamilton.	Conference: Manufacturing YES! Nation-Wrecking NO! The day following its May 1st Rally, USW Local 1005 is organizing a Workers Conference on Nation-building under the theme: MANUFACTURING YES! NATION-WRECKING NO! Canada has been rocked in recent years with decisions made by monopolies over which the people have little or no control. These monopoly decisions have resulted in serious economic dislocation and a wrecking of the social fabric of the country. Some of the more high profile negative decisions involve our manufacturing base such as Vale Inco, U.S. Steel, Xstrata, Abitibi Bowater, Nortel, Rio Tinto, Eurocan in Kitimat, Shell in Montreal, the auto monopolies and many more. A number of these monopolies are foreign based and as such demand particular attention as to what rules apply to their participation in the Canadian economy. We are inviting workers from Canada's main sectors of the economy to the conference to exchange experiences and views. PDF poster
7:30pm, Saturday May 1, 2010 Rhizome Cafe, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver.	Celebrate May Day: Worker Control not Border Controls Come out this May Day, as we join with workers around the world in celebration of the militant tradition of May 1st, as a day to oppose the exploitation of workers. Hard-won wages, benefits, and social services continue to erode as Canada joins other imperialist countries in forcing increased labour flexibility in the name of 'free-trade' and the capitalist neoliberal agenda. We are also continuing the courageous struggle of immigrant and migrant workers across North America against increasingly repressive and racisit immigration controls, as we join together to assert our dignity and affirm international solidarity. Performances and speakers, followed by DJ and dancing! Dedicated to the memory and revolutionary legacy of Hari P. Sharma. Supported by Justicia for Migrant Workers, No One Is Illegal Vancouver, Organizing Centre for Social and Economic Justice, Rhizome Cafe.
7:30pm, Saturday May 1, 2010 Royal Oak, 221 Echo Drive, Ottawa.	Solidarity: MAY DAY Celebration BENEFIT FOR VALE-INCO STRIKERS [USW 6500] SPEAKERS: Leon Portelance – Vale-Inco Striker, USW 6500; ROSEMARY WARSKETT ENTERTAINMENT: MAY DAY SINGERS, POETIC SPEED Sponsored by the Socialist Project
7:30pm, Saturday May 1, 2010 The Garrison, 1197 Dundas Street West, Toronto. Tickets: $5-$15 (no one turned away)	Celebrate May Day: It Will Work! Mayworks invites everyone to the closing night of the festival to celebrate 25 years with an unforgettable May 1st extravaganza! Following the No One Is Illegal! May Day of Action (1pm. St.Jamestown), celebrate May 1st by shining the spotlight on the struggles, successes and strength of working class peoples, migrants, undocumented and temporary workers, by joining the Mayworks Festival, No One Is Illegal Toronto and the Canadian Labour Congress Ontario Region in presenting musicians, dancers and artists who will ignite the stage with words, musice and movement to provoke thinking as well as dancing and laughter! Our line-up begins with Jamaican-born activist, art educator, and spoken word artist/dub poet Deidre "DLishus" Walton. We continue with MataDanZe, an independent Toronto based interpretative dance group. Next up will be Mama D, whose powerful tenor voice will challenge all the rules of songwriting and work. That will be followed by the energetic vibes of LAL, a collective of musicians that describe their distinctive sound as a fusion of international folk and electronic protest music. Also, the celebrated acoustic duo Marinda and Solari will showcase their unique blend of world-folk with jazz. From there, Red Slam Collective will present a multi-disciplinary set, made up of poetic song-stories infused with hip hop, rez blues, powwow reggae and drum talk. Appearances can be deceiving, and Toronto based artist Humble The Poet has used every misconception and assumption about him to amplify his message to the masses. We will round out the night with singer/songwriter Amai Kuda. Our MC will be Deena Ladd of the Workers Action Centre, and we will close out the night with a local DJ No Capitalista spinning grooves late in to the night. Co-organized and co-presented by No One Is Illegal Toronto and Canadian Labour Congress Ontario Region \| Facebook event
1:00pm, Saturday May 1, 2010 Victoria Park, Spring Garden Road, Halifax.	Rally and March: Jobs and Pensions at Risk All Out for May Day! May First, International Workers' Day, will be celebrated in Halifax this year with a rally, parade, forum and festival. Workers, retirees, youth and the community are being invited to gather at the Victoria Park (Spring Garden Road and South Park Street) at 1 p.m., which will be the starting venue for the May Day events. The announcement was made by the Halifax May Day Committee, following a meeting attended by representatives of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, the Halifax-Dartmouth and District Labour Council and the Canadian Labour Congress, as well as social justice organizations. PDF poster \| Press release
1:00pm, Saturday May 1, 2010 St. Jamestown, Wellesley St. and Ontario St., Toronto.	Rally and March: 5th Annual May Day of Action On May 1, 2010 (International Workers Day) - March for Status for All! On May 1st, we say enough! No One Is Illegal-Toronto calls friends, allies, and supporters to take to the streets for an end to detentions and deportations, for Access Without Fear, for Status for All! This is a call for solidarity between documented and undocumented people. We call upon all who are denied free movement, good jobs, food, health-care, education, shelter, housing, justice and dignity to gather together to fight for real transformative change. Knowing that people can only move freely when the systems and policies that displace us are abolished, we fight against the occupation of Turtle Island and the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Tamil Eelam, Haiti and Palestine. We struggle against the environmental attacks by Canadian mining companies from Chile to Congo. We organize against capitalist economic policies, 'free trade' agreements and the G8/G20. This is a call to all who organize against these injustices to march with us. As workers around the world celebrate International Workers Day, we march for real solutions emerging from schools and shelters, from health centres and food banks, from community gardens and our streets. We are marching to build a city where all people can live with dignity and without fear. A city that does not participate in the displacement and exploitation of people, or the destruction of the planet. We are marching to build a Sanctuary City. For more details, videos and posters visit No One Is Illegal-Toronto \| Facebook event
1:00pm, Saturday May 1, 2010 Hamilton Convention Centre, Hamilton.	Rally and March: Oppose Nation Wrecking RALLY AND MARCH THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN CORE! Manufacturing Yes! Nation - Wrecking NO! Whose Economy? Our Economy! Who Decides! We Decide! USW Local 1005
1:00pm, Saturday May 1, 2010 Wascana Place, 2900 Wascana Drive, Regina.	Celebrate May Day: Building Left Alternatives A May Day discussion with activists and socialists on constructing a new left movement. Guests: Greg Albo, Eriel Tchekwie Deranger and Peter Garden. Next Year Country \| PDF poster
1:00pm, Saturday May 1, 2010 CUPE 4400, Bathurst and St. Clair, Toronto.	Rally and March: Working-Class People Unite on INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY! On Saturday, May 1, 2010, rally, march, and celebrate May Day with the May 1st Movement (M1M), as we organize ourselves to strengthen the unity and solidarity of working people in Toronto. Followed by cultural event at 3pm, 601 Christe Street. DEFEND THE RIGHTS AND GAINS OF ALL WORKING PEOPLE! DEFEND THE RIGHT TO STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION! LET MAY DAY BE A RALLYING CALL FOR ALL WORKERS AND OPPRESSED PEOPLE IN CANADA! Participants of the Coalition: Barrio Nuevo Migrante-Ontario Bayan Canada Canadian Humanitarian Appeal for the Relief of Tamils BASICS Free Community Newsletter Progressive Nepali Forum of the Americas Victor Jara Cultural Group CASA Salvador Allende Migrant Women’s Coordinating Body Tamil Youth Organization United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1000A Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) – Toronto Canada-El Salvador Action Network (CELSAN)
7:30pm, Thursday April 29, 2010 Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto.	May Day: Reunion of the Rank n File Joining George Hewison at the Tranzac Club will be a reunion of the Rank n File Band (Paula, Bill, Mark, and Kevin), activist, singer/songwriter Sara Marlowe, musician Kevin Wrycraft from Local 1285 of the Canadian Autoworkers Union and a couple of surprises. Labour has travelled a long way since workers were hanged in the Cook County Jail fighting for the Eight Hour Day, and we're not going to allow companies like VALE-INCO and their political minions to undermine the gains our society has made. We hope to produce a recording out of this special concert, so bring your singing voices. Seating is limited, so reserve a seat or better still a table at this year's event. Contact: georgehewison _at_ gmail.com \| Facebook event
7:00pm, Wednesday March 10, 2010 Ryerson University, 55 Dundas Street West, Toronto. Cara Commons/Lounge 7th floor, 1-148	Public Forum: 2010 Phyllis Clarke Memorial Lecture Operating in the Obama Moment: Challenges for Progressives Bill Fletcher Jr. is a longtime labour and international activist and the former President and chief executive officer of TransAfrica Forum. He is the executive editor of The Black Commentator, and founder of the Center for Labor Renewal. His lstest book is Solidarity Divided. Co-sponsored and supported by Ryerson's CUPE Locals 233, 1281 and 3904 and the Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University \| PDF poster \| PDF poster
7:30pm, Thursday January 21, 2010 Annex Live, 296 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto.	Launch: Socialist Register 2010: Morbid Symptoms, Health Under Capitalism A benefit for the Ontario Health Coalition A panel discussion with contrbuting authors: Colin Leys - Health, health care and capitalism Pat Armstrong - Contradictions at work: struggles for control in Canadian health care Roddy Loepky - Certain wealth: Accumulation in the health industry and commentators: Natalie Mehra, Director, Ontario Health Coalition Dr Andy Coates, Physicians for a National Health Program, Co-Chair, Single Payer New York Chaired by Leo Panitch, Co-editor of the Socialist Register, CRC, Political Science at York University. Sponsored by Socialist Register, Socialist Project, Fernwood Books and the York University Bookstore \| PDF poster \| PDF poster \| PDF poster
November 22 - 29, 2009 Canada Grand Opening (Toronto) - Start Time: Sunday, November 22 at 4:00pm, 123 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON	Canadian Labour International Film Festival
6:30pm, Thursday November 19, 2009 Centre for Social Justice, 489 College Street West, 3rd floor, Toronto.	Lecture: Privatization of Public Services and Consequences for Labour Experiences from Europe - with author and researcher Christoff Hermann, Working Life Research Centre, Vienna, Austria. Sponsored by Centre for Social Justice, Centre for Research on Work and Society (York University), Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, Socialist Project. PDF poster
7:00pm, Friday October 2, 2009 Ryerson Student Centre, 55 Gould Street, Room 115, Toronto.	Public forum: Organizing Working Class Communities Featuring Steve Williams Co-Director of the California based group People Organized to Win Employment Rights and co-author of the book Towards Land, Work and Power. Williams' presentation at Building Leadership for Change (March, 2009). Co-sponsored by Socialist Project and Centre for Social Justice. Endorsed by Black Action Defence Committee (BADC), No One Is Illegal-Toronto (NOII) and Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) \| PDF poster \| Facebook
7:30pm Saturday May 2, 2009. Eri Café - 953 Somerset Street West, Ottawa.	Join the Socialist Project in Celebrating MAY DAY Rob Ryan & Friends International Songs of Struggle; Carlos Perez Poems from the struggle. Cash Bar and Ethiopian Food available \| PDF poster
7:00pm, Friday May 1, 2009 290 Danforth Avenue, Toronto.	Party: May Day 2009 - Unite and Fight Speakers, buffet, cash bar, live music. Organized by People's Voice \| PDF poster
7:00pm Tuesday March 10, 2009. POD 250, 380 Victoria St, Ryerson University, Toronto.	2009 Phyllis Clarke Memorial Lecture: Still a Marxist After All: Lessons and Insights for our Time By Leo V. Panitch - Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy, York University and co-editor of the Socialist Register. For further information contact Bryan Evans at 416 979-5000 x4199 or e-mail: b1evans@ryerson.ca. To be broadcast as part of TVO’s Big Ideas series. PDF poster \| Website \| View video
7:00pm, Saturday, February 28, 2009. 290 Danforth (a couple of blocks east of Broadview), Toronto. ($5 admission)	Celebrate: Norman Bethune Day Wally Brooker and Jason Agouris Jazz Duo - are presenting their music at "Norman Bethune Day", the annual celebration of the great internationalist and father of socialized medicine in Canada. Featuring tunes by Miles, Monk, Bird, Mingus, Rollins & et al. The evening is sponsored by the Norman Bethune Day Committee and Peoples Voice, the biweekly newspaper of the Communist Party. PDF poster \| Wikipedia article on Bethune.
7:00pm Wednesday February 18, 2009. * New Location * OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, Room 2-214, (at St George Station), Toronto.	Forum: The Birth of the New Anti-Capitalist Party in France: A Report-Back From Participants The founding conference of the Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste (NPA) was held just outside Paris over the weekend of February 6th to 8th. The conference marks the conclusion of a process initiated following the encouraging election results (1.5 million votes) of the Ligue communiste révolutionnaire's (LCR) candidate in the 2007 presidential elections, 34 year-old postal worker Olivier Besancenot. This process has involved thousands of activists and interested individuals organized in hundreds of committees across France. The new party begins its life with some 10,000 members and in a context of deepening economic crisis and a big wave of strikes and protests against the hard-Right government of president Nicolas Sarkozy. Come and hear a report-back from a Toronto-based socialist who attended the founding conference and a Paris-based NPA member and teacher's union activist. Ample time will be allotted for discussion following the introductory presentations. Background reading on the NPA: French postman delivers far left message, by Lizzy Davies France: A Sea Change on the Left, by Yann Remy From the LCR to the NPA, by LCR veterans Co-sponsored by the Socialist Project and the Toronto New Socialists \| PDF poster
1:00pm Sunday January 25, 2009. United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto.	SP Labour Forum: Working Class Fightback: Lessons of the Last Great Depression Bryan Palmer, Labour Historian and Author The financial crisis has certainly brought on a deepening worldwide slump, with growing mass unemployment and impoverishment. There is also a crisis of working class institutions, in particular the union movement. How can the working class build unity within its ranks and rebuild our capacity to fight back? One thing we can do, is to learn from the experiences of working people during the 1930's, who organized a series of mass fightbacks and built new institutions, such as industrial unions. Come hear Bryan Palmer, noted labour historian, author of a number of books of history told from the workers' point of view, and contribute to a common discussion about what we can learn from the past. Such discussions can contribute to our common efforts to build a movement to fight the effects of the crisis, as well as its root causes in the existing economic system. Organized by the Socialist Project Labour Committee \| PDF poster \| Left Streamed video
12:30-5:00pm Sunday October 26, 2008. Centre for Social Justice, Third Floor, 489 College Street, Toronto.	SP Workshop: Financial Chaos and the Crisis of Neoliberalism A Workshop on Understanding the Credit Crisis and Its Implications for Wages, Pensions, American Power and Left Alternatives Coordinators: • Greg Albo, community activist and Professor of Political Economy, York University • Adam Hanieh, CAIA and Political Science, York University • Tom Marois, Latin American Solidarity Activist and Development Studies, Queen's University • Workshop 1 -- Marxian Views of Financial Capital and Credit • Workshop 2 -- Capitalism, Neoliberalism and the Current Crises of Wall Street and Bay Street • Workshop 3 -- Bank Bailouts or Socialist Alternatives? Organized by the Socialist Project (www.socialistproject.ca); Co-sponsor: Centre for Social Justice (www.socialjustice.org)
April 26 - May 4, 2008. Toronto.	May Day 2008: Mayworks - 23rd Festival of Working People and the Arts Visit the MayWorks website for complete list of events.
7:00pm, Saturday April 28. Victory Cafe, 581 Markham Street, Toronto.	May Day 2007: the red party Join the International Socialists, New Socialist Group and Socialist Project for a May Day celebration on Saturday, April 28th. May Day is a celebration of workers struggles and victories worldwide. Hear short campaign updates from social movements involved in supporting the rights of precarious workers. Come and meet other socialists and allies who are committed to the cause of workers rights and freedom. Have a beer, win some prizes, and share ideas for a stronger revolutionary workers' movement. PDF flyer

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